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Shinigami
 
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EditedEdited by Shinigami
http://www.pijac.org/files/public/US_HR_669.pdf

Apparently, they want to ban import and possession of species not on an "Approved List." This gets a "Not cool" from me.

Spread the word.

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Sounds similar to what is in place here. Dont worry too much, it will take them ages to get it organised.


Before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
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Mez
 
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And the shippers will take a fair few months after that to realise
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It won't pass, regardless.

Watch this space as I am proven incorrect in the coming years.
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Ira
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Soo...you guys have been able to basically get ALL the cool stuff for decades while us nothing but approved countries pay 5-10 times as much for a tiny selection? Not getting any sympathy here.
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I really have no faith in my government at this point.

Goldfish are exempt from the proposed list of banned fish. I mean, are you kidding me? Goldfish are one of the most detrimental and invasive species in America. They are one of the only aquarium fish that are capable of living in almost every state. Most other aquarium fish are only capable of living in southernmost Florida and Hawaii.

For the government to even propose such an idiotic idea really makes me question their sanity.

Looks like im moving to Canada.
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exactly the same situation here...

We can get
BNs
Common Plecos
Common Livebearers
Convict cichlids
Goldfish etc etc
yet we cant get fish that have pretty much no chance of breeding in Australian waters....


''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''
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The hr669 probly not gona be passed the pet indusrty brings in billions........ If it passes there will be a higher smuggling crime rate more people in jail more jails more money spent on building them and feeding the people in the jails....... they say that they spends billons on non native sps. damages but polution has nothing to do with it and deforstation for homes isnt messing with anything at all....... unless we are native americans we are not natives 2 and we harm the land much much more than any sp of fish or pets...... and to add that the people that are trying to pass this are hypocryts(spelling?) and they make me angery for even trying to get this bill past...... for it to be fair all non native americans should be banned to cuz we have done a lot more damage to native sps than most fish....... snake heads are one of the main reasons this is going on is because some dumb person relised snake heads which can live in the worst of condtions....... Im just annoyed at the govo trying to control use like this if they want to turn into a govo that tells what time to get up what to do where to do it and control are lives like we are some experiment. they should leave this contrey and jump off a clif...... sry if i offended anyone in this post but i think its just extreamly stupid...... sry for my long rant just feel strongly about this topic.....
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After interning for a government agency (Bureau of Land Management), I realized that (a) they take ages to complete anything, (b) the "older" generation cannot adapt to technological advances, (c) they are overpaid, (d) they take ages to complete anything.
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I was going to say how HR 669 was old news and wasn't going to pass, but then I noticed the date on the thread. I think if that thang did get passed, not only would the aquarium industry be severely affected, but the herp industry as well... They would probably go so far as to outlaw things like Kenyan Sand Boas.





I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
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Some funny looking sand that, nat...
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